Tagged with: public spending
Good News on the Economy from Europe but a Warning?
Paul Sweeney 27/04/2017
There is some good news on the Irish economy from Eurostat. But hidden in the text is a warning to another member state, Luxembourg, that may threaten us in the next quarter, if the European statistical police, based in Luxembourg, find out how lavish and spendthrift the government has been, and intends to continue to be, with certain public …
Choices Around Cutting Child Benefit
Nat O'Connor 02/10/2012
Nat O'Connor: Despite the helpful reminder from Joseph Stiglitz that "Austerity has almost never worked", the Government has decided to cut further …
Fine Gael's 3:1 Ratio
Nat O'Connor 19/10/2010
Nat O'Connor: Fine Gael has given some useful clarity on their fiscal policy position with the declaration that they would seek €1 billion in tax …
Debating on the Titanic
Michael Taft 20/09/2010
Michael Taft: The confusion between fiscal contraction (i.e. public spending cuts) and reducing the fiscal deficit continues apace. On Morning …
Where should we be spending?
Tom McDonnell 04/08/2010
Tom McDonnell: The current economic crisis has centred attention, in some parts, on the affordability of the current levels of public spending in …
Out of the traps and into the abyss
Michael Burke 20/07/2010
Michael Burke: A piece in today's Guardian reports on the downgrade by Moody's, and expresses some surprise that there wasn't much of a reaction in …
Contractionary measures should fall on the revenue side
Tom McDonnell 27/04/2010
Tom McDonnell: Last week’s Eurostat figures officially confirmed that Ireland has the largest general government deficit as a percentage of GDP of …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
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Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …